Looking for my 1st M1 Garand

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[TDH]

I am by any means an expert and certainly not a collector though between my son and I we have 3. In Northern Ohio an average WW2 era rifle will go between $800 to $1200 with the higher price becoming the norm since the CMP North store is almost bare.

During WW2 and even Korea after a battle any loose weapons would have been collected and stacked (usually not neatly or gently) and a couple of souls who job it was to check them out would go through that stack of rifles. If it was damaged any good parts would be removed and or replaced with others to make a serviceable weapon which would be reissued or shipped back to the states to an arsenal where once again they would have been gone through thoroughly and repacked in grease for storage. From there it may have remained in storage or shipped to service agencies ( The Guard, reserve units, VFW, amvets, DCM) or sent out in Lend Lease. If and when returned most probably sent on to the CMP and gone through again. The chances of getting one unmessed with is as remote as me swimming to Hawaii. I have a late 5 mil Springfield that is a mix master and it may never have been issued.